I have a new paper regarding the measurement of living standards in Lower Canada (modern-day Quebec) in 1831. I use the census of 1831 which is rich in that it offers a wide cross-sectional of wages and prices across the colony. We found that Canadians were substantially poorer than the Americans in Boston and Philadelphia and that within the colony, there were wide variations in living standards. The paper can be found at Academia.edu. Below, you will also find the map of our results for Quebec, a table of the distribution of wages and the comparison with the United States. 
Vincent Geloso 